Oliver Elbert
@astronoliver.bsky.social
Computational physicist; astrophysics to aerospace to climate science. Now working on numerical weather and climate models at NOAA. Opinions my own and in no way representative of GFDL, NOAA, the Department of Commerce, or the US government.
This is absolutely wonderful to see! Brings a tear to my eye and makes me wish I were still doing astro...
Here it is: the first set of riches from Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest!
Introducing NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first wide and deep view of the cosmos, the southern region of the Virgo Cluster.
Rubin produced this image in just 10.5 hours over parts of 7 nights! 🔭🧪
youtu.be/Gitit3LwQ20
Introducing NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first wide and deep view of the cosmos, the southern region of the Virgo Cluster.
Rubin produced this image in just 10.5 hours over parts of 7 nights! 🔭🧪
youtu.be/Gitit3LwQ20
June 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is absolutely wonderful to see! Brings a tear to my eye and makes me wish I were still doing astro...
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YET ANOTHER medical organisation comes to the conclusion that The Cass Scandal is total junk
Poland experts release clinical guidance on trans youth healthcare. They define the Cass Review as of "low scientific value and credibility".
journals.viamedica.pl/endokrynolog...
journals.viamedica.pl/endokrynolog...
February 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
YET ANOTHER medical organisation comes to the conclusion that The Cass Scandal is total junk
Not super thrilled about this, though Ken's emails were at least more polite than others I got
I just sent this email to all 13,000 federal employees of the NOAA lol. The Trump administration's changes to their communications system made it so literally anyone can blast messages out to the entire agency
January 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Not super thrilled about this, though Ken's emails were at least more polite than others I got
Yes you should use my Python DSL for climate modeling, it is simple and easy and fun and the memory management is not an eldritch horror only the bold and foolish venture to glimpse
January 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yes you should use my Python DSL for climate modeling, it is simple and easy and fun and the memory management is not an eldritch horror only the bold and foolish venture to glimpse
Happy new year! May the sysadmins overlook all the jobs you run on head nodes in 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy new year! May the sysadmins overlook all the jobs you run on head nodes in 2025!
If you have experience with Python development and are interested in working on weather and climate models come work with me! We're pushing the state of the art and could use all the help we can get! Feel free to dm for more information
jobs.saic.com/jobs/1507606...
jobs.saic.com/jobs/1507606...
SAIC - Senior Python Programmer in PRINCETON, New Jersey, United States
Senior Python Programmer in PRINCETON, New Jersey, United States
jobs.saic.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
If you have experience with Python development and are interested in working on weather and climate models come work with me! We're pushing the state of the art and could use all the help we can get! Feel free to dm for more information
jobs.saic.com/jobs/1507606...
jobs.saic.com/jobs/1507606...
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I am going to say again, the popular aesthetic of cyberpunk as it is now, is hauntological, a lost future that looks cooler than the one we got; the practical material concerns of it, however, are something that we are living through to some degree or another, and getting worse.
i think half the problem is that when people hear the term "cyberpunk" they think "neon aesthetics and technoorientalism" versus "what happens when a world accelerates with technological change and backslides morally into a rat race with every man for themselves?"
As a friendly bystander, I think the interpretive problem turns on "cyberpunk," which can have a positive connotation. Like from an aesthetic perspective, saying something is punk is usually appreciative. But apparently that's not what Sharon was going for.
December 14, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I am going to say again, the popular aesthetic of cyberpunk as it is now, is hauntological, a lost future that looks cooler than the one we got; the practical material concerns of it, however, are something that we are living through to some degree or another, and getting worse.
Obviously I'm proud of my team and the work I'm presenting at #AGU24 but I'n also proud of my very serious, definitely intentional poster case
December 11, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Obviously I'm proud of my team and the work I'm presenting at #AGU24 but I'n also proud of my very serious, definitely intentional poster case
Reposted by Oliver Elbert
A request for cis allies:
Report and block Jesse Singal. In addition to his highly problematic history in journalism, he's now actively calling on his Twitter followers to harass trans women he disagrees with on Bluesky.
Report and block Jesse Singal. In addition to his highly problematic history in journalism, he's now actively calling on his Twitter followers to harass trans women he disagrees with on Bluesky.
December 11, 2024 at 2:58 AM
A request for cis allies:
Report and block Jesse Singal. In addition to his highly problematic history in journalism, he's now actively calling on his Twitter followers to harass trans women he disagrees with on Bluesky.
Report and block Jesse Singal. In addition to his highly problematic history in journalism, he's now actively calling on his Twitter followers to harass trans women he disagrees with on Bluesky.
This is a great way to think about it and something that should be front-of-mind for anyone giving a conference talk (or any presentation)
This came up at a conference I was at on Friday, and I was curious if other think about this similarly.
I view keeping to my assigned time in presentations as an embodiment of my feminist values at work. There is a set amount of total time and going over takes time away from ~someone~ else.
I view keeping to my assigned time in presentations as an embodiment of my feminist values at work. There is a set amount of total time and going over takes time away from ~someone~ else.
December 10, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This is a great way to think about it and something that should be front-of-mind for anyone giving a conference talk (or any presentation)
Anyone at #AGU24 thinking about using GPUs for their science, come talk to me! We're using Python to achieve true model portability between CPU and GPU supercomputers, unlocking higher resolutions, increased ensemble sizes, and AI/ML model development
December 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Anyone at #AGU24 thinking about using GPUs for their science, come talk to me! We're using Python to achieve true model portability between CPU and GPU supercomputers, unlocking higher resolutions, increased ensemble sizes, and AI/ML model development
Lmao apparently I still can't walk stopping in a huge convention hall without thinking of fencing
December 9, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Lmao apparently I still can't walk stopping in a huge convention hall without thinking of fencing
I'm at AGU this week! Happy to say hi or get coffee with any folks here, just say hi!
December 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
I'm at AGU this week! Happy to say hi or get coffee with any folks here, just say hi!
Finally, a left-wing answer to Joe Rogan
December 1, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Finally, a left-wing answer to Joe Rogan
So things have been pretty eventful over here, hopefully they don't get much more so ha ha ha...
November 19, 2024 at 4:29 AM
So things have been pretty eventful over here, hopefully they don't get much more so ha ha ha...
Love to convert Fortran files from .f to .F90 so I can write the tests to get rid of this whole Fortran ecosystem
October 29, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Love to convert Fortran files from .f to .F90 so I can write the tests to get rid of this whole Fortran ecosystem
THE DENNEHY DROP I'M FUCKING DEAD
May 20, 2024 at 12:11 AM
THE DENNEHY DROP I'M FUCKING DEAD
Pretty decent showing from NJ
April 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Pretty decent showing from NJ
February 8, 2024 at 4:44 PM
If you really want to keep trying to kick the football I guess that's your prerogative, but if you're gonna use my field to try to explain how Lucy isn't really pulling it away and even when she does it's good actually I am going to take exception to that
I'm sure constitutional lawyers are very clever and good at their jobs but the second they start analogizing their work to physics I start to worry about their critical faculties
February 8, 2024 at 3:10 AM
If you really want to keep trying to kick the football I guess that's your prerogative, but if you're gonna use my field to try to explain how Lucy isn't really pulling it away and even when she does it's good actually I am going to take exception to that
I'm sure constitutional lawyers are very clever and good at their jobs but the second they start analogizing their work to physics I start to worry about their critical faculties
February 8, 2024 at 2:53 AM
I'm sure constitutional lawyers are very clever and good at their jobs but the second they start analogizing their work to physics I start to worry about their critical faculties
Idk I just think it's fun to see exactly what the model resolution limits are for running a simulation on a Jupiter notebook on your laptop using ipyparallel
January 19, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Idk I just think it's fun to see exactly what the model resolution limits are for running a simulation on a Jupiter notebook on your laptop using ipyparallel